noone1:
I don't believe it would be that hard for Tesla to make a very well handling car. Would it compete with the latest and great Porsche? Maybe not. Would it compete with a 5 year old Porsche? Probably.
It is pretty difficult to make a 2 ton car handle like a 1.5 ton car, believe it or not. Requires quite the chassis and tires master engineers.
The most desirable and highest priced Porsches in the world have ancient technology. If you don't think Tesla could call up a major supplier and say "We want to make this handle as good as a Porsche from a few years ago", well, you're kidding yourself.
Ancient technology from what perspective? A modern hybrid engine is not ancient technology.
Hell, they could ring up McLaren and buy whatever technology they needed. Surely McLaren knows a thing or two about handling and dynamics, and McLaren doesn't compete with Tesla (unlike Porsche), so they'd surely have no problem with it.
You really think McLaren would try to make an elephant (Tesla S or X) move like a ballerina, just because they get money for that? Maybe but I guess Porsche would be the better address for that (Weissach has lots of experience with third party developments for other manufacturers, no kidding).
It's pretty easy to buy talent and technology. Money talks. If Tesla really, really wants top Porsche engineers, they could write a few multi-million dollars in check and they'll have them.
Not that easy but possible. However, Porsche could play the same card.
If is actually quite interesting how people compare Tesla, probably the least profitable mass production car manufacturer on this planet with Porsche, the most profitable mass production car manufacturer.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet (2015), Porsche Cayenne S Diesel (2017), Audi R8 V10 Plus (2016), Mini JCW (2015)